my heart

Life is whizzing by. I am reminded each day how much I am forgetting. I don't have time to stir up the good memories and relish in them. So here is an attempt to do that for a bit.



This year has been full, and I am sure tons of wonderful, not so wonderful, hard and easy things have happened. I could try to recap but I would rather start with now and thankfully lay out my blessings in my current heart.



My marriage has gotten stronger than I ever thought possible. My husband and I talk about eternal things now. Not just who is picking up who and what is on the schedule. We talk about plans but they are not our plans. We talk about what God is calling us to do and be...not in 20 years but today, tomorrow, this week. It is revolutionary...and scary, exciting and exhilirating.



I love seeing my husband do what God is calling him to do and be who is calling him to be. He is so much in the moment of what God is saying to him that it makes me more mindful of what God wants me to do and be. I love it.



My daughter is a woman-child. She has crossed that bridge from looking like a child to looking like a woman. She still has a child heart though. She is in high school, waivering between what she knows, what she feels, who she is and who she wants to be and seeking God in it all. She is a light but also a teenager. It is a beautifully complex mix and I am honored to see her grow.



My son is 10. Double digits. My baby no more and forever all rolled up into an energetic, enthusiastic whirlwind of boy. He is joy personified. Little cares, many smiles. He is obsessed with Legos, movement, and serving others. His personality draws people to him and his warmth keeps them coming back for me. I will cry the day he no longer wants to snuggle his momma.



So many blessing and so many prayers all in one.



I am praying right now that my family is drawn to God by his everlasting love, that we will be bold for Him, that we will be obedient to His plans and not ours, that we will hold loosely to anything that is not of Him and that we will walk out the plans He has for us individually and collectively.



Bold prayers for a bold chapter in our life.